Links for the Week of 18 November

November 18, 2012

A description (with pictures!) of the battle of Alesia: http://www.mikeanderson.biz/2012/11/caesar-against-vercingetorix-siege-of.html (via @Nihil_Novi_Net) Mathematics texts in Latin (and Arabic and Sanskrit and other languages: http://www.wilbourhall.org (via

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar: who was the better general?

November 12, 2025

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar: who was the better general? J.F.C. Fuller discusses each of them; while he doesn’t make a judgement, it’s obvious to readers what he thinks. Read on to find out more.

Pink Floyd, amulets, and x-rays: Links for January 22

January 22, 2015

pic.twitter.com/jduwe4PpYI — rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 20, 2015 Ancient amulet found with palindrome inscription. Studying foreign languages may help earn you a coding job. Pink Floyd

Links for March 24: Riddles, Games, Song and Dance

March 24, 2016

Here’s a medieval Latin riddle: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni. It is also a palindrome. The answer to the riddle (what is described

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